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Biology: University of Cambridge International Examinations General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
Biology: University of Cambridge International Examinations General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
Biology: University of Cambridge International Examinations General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level
1 hour 15 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
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Candidate
Name
Centre Candidate
Number Number
Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen in the spaces provided on the Question Paper.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
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1 You are going to carry out three investigations into how the eye works. For
Examiner’s
Read through the instructions for each investigation before carrying it out. Use
At a certain distance from your eye the dot will disappear from view.
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Fig. 1.1
Use your ruler to measure the distance of the question paper from your eye when the
dot disappears.
(i) Record this distance.
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(b) (i) Make a large labelled drawing of your left eye, as it appears in the mirror provided. For
Examiner’s
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(ii) ● Hold the mirror in one hand.
● Close both of your eyes and cover them with your other hand.
● Count slowly to sixty.
● Quickly remove your hand, open your eyes and look at your iris and pupil in
the mirror.
(This may take some practice and need to be repeated.)
Make drawings of the iris and pupil of one eye, as they appeared when the
eye was first uncovered and about one minute later.
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(iii) Explain how the changes shown between your drawings in (b)(ii) occurred For
and how these changes help the functioning of the eye. Examiner’s
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2 You are provided with two large labelled test-tubes, stoppered with cotton wool, containing For
alcohol. Examiner’s
Use
Alcohol is highly flammable. Do not remove the cotton wool until you are ready to
use the alcohol.
You are also provided with two green leaves, labelled S1 and S2, both of which have been
kept in the light for 48 hours.
One leaf has been kept in an atmosphere without carbon dioxide. The other leaf has been
kept in a normal atmosphere.
Prepare each leaf for testing for the presence of starch by using the following procedure.
(a) (i) Suggest why the leaves were placed in the hot water at the beginning of the
procedure.
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(ii) Suggest why the leaves were heated in alcohol.
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(iii) Describe the effect of dipping the leaves into hot water after removing them from For
the alcohol. Examiner’s
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(iv) Describe how you completed the test for starch after you removed the leaves from
the hot water.
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(v) Complete Table 2.1.
Table 2.1
starch test
leaf
observation conclusion
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(vi) Using your knowledge of photosynthesis, state which leaf had been kept in an
atmosphere without carbon dioxide and explain how you came to this conclusion.
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(b) A student carried out an experiment to investigate whether the amount of starch
produced by leaves was affected by the carbon dioxide concentration in the
surrounding atmosphere.
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(ii) On the grid below, construct a graph to show the relationship between carbon
dioxide concentration and the rate of starch production.
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(c) A student was supplied with a variegated leaf as shown in Fig. 2.1. For
Examiner’s
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green area
white area
Fig. 2.1
Describe and explain how the student could use this leaf to investigate
photosynthesis.
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